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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c | 17 | 
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c index f393de9f5887..7d8ef52fb88d 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c @@ -565,15 +565,14 @@ acpi_ds_create_operand(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,  					status = AE_OK;  				} else if (parent_op->common.aml_opcode ==  					   AML_EXTERNAL_OP) { - -					/* TBD: May only be temporary */ - -					obj_desc = -					    acpi_ut_create_string_object((acpi_size)name_length); - -					strncpy(obj_desc->string.pointer, -						name_string, name_length); -					status = AE_OK; +					/* +					 * This opcode should never appear here. It is used only +					 * by AML disassemblers and is surrounded by an If(0) +					 * by the ASL compiler. +					 * +					 * Therefore, if we see it here, it is a serious error. +					 */ +					status = AE_AML_BAD_OPCODE;  				} else {  					/*  					 * We just plain didn't find it -- which is a  |